Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group
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Article Title | Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group |
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ERA Journal ID | 13586 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | DiPietro, Loretta (Author), Al-Ansari, Salih Saad (Author), Biddle, Stuart J. H. (Author), Borodulin, Katja (Author), Bull, Fiona C. (Author), Buman, Matthew P. (Author), Cardon, Greet (Author), Carty, Catherine (Author), Chaput, Jean-Philippe (Author), Chastin, Sebastien (Author), Chou, Roger (Author), Dempsey, Paddy C. (Author), Ekelund, Ulf (Author), Firth, Joseph (Author), Friedenreich, Christine M. (Author), Garcia, Leandro (Author), Gichu, Muthoni (Author), Jago, Russell (Author), Katzmarzyk, Peter T. (Author), Lambert, Estelle (Author), Leitzmann, Michael (Author), Milton, Karen (Author), Ortega, Francisco B. (Author), Ranasinghe, Chathuranga (Author), Stamatakis, Emmanuel (Author), Tiedemann, Anne (Author), Troiano, Richard P. (Author), van der Ploeg, Hidde P. (Author) and Willumsen, Juana F. (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |
Journal Citation | 17 (1), pp. 1-11 |
Article Number | 143 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2020 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1479-5868 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-020-01042-2 |
Web Address (URL) | https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-020-01042-2 |
Abstract | Background: In July, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) commenced work to update the 2010 Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health and established a Guideline Development Group (GDG) comprising expert public health scientists and practitioners to inform the drafting of the 2020 Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior. The overall task of the GDG was to review the scientific evidence and provide expert advice to the WHO on the amount of physical activity and sedentary behavior associated with optimal health in children and adolescents, adults, older adults (> 64 years), and also specifically in pregnant and postpartum women and people living with chronic conditions or disabilities. Methods: The GDG reviewed the available evidence specific to each sub-population using systematic protocols and in doing so, identified a number of gaps in the existing literature. These proposed research gaps were discussed and verified by expert consensus among the entire GDG. Results Evidence gaps across population sub-groups included a lack of information on: 1) the precise shape of the dose-response curve between physical activity and/or sedentary behavior and several of the health outcomes studied; 2) the health benefits of light-intensity physical activity and of breaking up sedentary time with light-intensity activity; 3) differences in the health effects of different types and domains of physical activity (leisure-time; occupational; transportation; household; education) and of sedentary behavior (occupational; screen time; television viewing); and 4) the joint association between physical activity and sedentary time with health outcomes across the life course. In addition, we acknowledge the need to conduct more population-based studies in low- and middle-income countries and in people living with disabilities and/or chronic disease, and to identify how various sociodemographic factors (age, sex, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status) modify the health effects of physical activity, in order to address global health disparities. Conclusions: Although the 2020 WHO Guidelines for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior were informed by the most up-to-date research on the health effects of physical activity and sedentary time, there is still substantial work to be done in advancing the global physical activity agenda. |
Keywords | Physical activity, Sedentary behavior, Research, Recommendations |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified |
420699. Public health not elsewhere classified | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | George Washington University, United States |
Saudi Health Promotion Centre, Saudi Arabia | |
Centre for Health Research | |
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland | |
University of Western Australia | |
Arizona State University, United States | |
Ghent University, Belgium | |
Munster Technological University, Ireland | |
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Canada | |
Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom | |
Oregon Health and Science University, United States | |
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia | |
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway | |
Western Sydney University | |
Alberta Health Services, Canada | |
Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom | |
Ministry of Health, Kenya | |
University of Bristol, United Kingdom | |
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, United States | |
University of Cape Town, South Africa | |
University of Regensburg, Germany | |
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom | |
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka | |
University of Sydney | |
National Cancer Institute, United States | |
Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
World Health Organization, Switzerland |
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